The Pleasure Principle: The Secret to a Better Sex Life | Laurie Betito | TEDxMontrealWomen
It's time, we, as women, take ownership of our pleasure, as it is the right of every human being. But doing that requires that we let go of shame, get to know our ...
========== Translator: Peter van de Ven
Reviewer: Ellen Maloney Okay. Anyone remember who talked to you
about sexual pleasure? Does anyone talk to us
about sexual pleasure? (Laughter) Did we learn it in sex education class? Or did we just learn about STDs
or how not to become pregnant? Did our parents talk to us about pleasure? No. (Laughter) Now, as babies, all we know is pleasure. Hands down the pants, it just feels good! It has nothing to do with sex
until somebody says, "Don't touch yourself!
Don't touch yourself." Then as we get older, if we're teenagers
and we express an interest in sex, what are we called? Sluts, right? And we still, even today, surprisingly, even today, we still hear
those kinds of comments. We celebrate male gratification,
but we shame ...